FUNNY: Test YOUR Breath—The Stench That Stole Christmas

Written by admin on February 27, 2010 – 9:25 pm -

Get your FREE orabrush Stocking Stuffer at orabrush.com It is that time of year again. FOR SOME OF YOU TO CLEAN YOUR TONGUE! The actor in this video: Austin Craig Become a Fan of Austin on Facebook : fb.me Or contact him on Linkedin: linkedin.com This video was shot by greenlightfilms.net

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Cat Health Care Tips : How to Get Rid of Cat Odor

Written by admin on February 25, 2010 – 10:10 pm -

Get rid of cat odor by keeping both the cat and the litter box clean. Eliminate cat odor with tips from aveterinarian in this free video on pet care. Expert: Dr. James Talbott Bio: Dr. James R. Talbott is a staff veterinarian at Belle Forest Animal Hospital and Kennel in Nashville, Tenn. Filmmaker: Dimitri labarge

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Having Dogs Does Not Mean Dog Odor — The Secrets to Dog Odor Removal

Written by admin on February 25, 2010 – 10:10 pm -

Most dog owners will have occasional dog odor and will need to have some tricks for quick cleanup. The key to a home that people want to visit vs. having a home that “smells of dog” is knowing what to do to both clean up the smell and to prevent the smell.

I want to preface this with the fact that I have four dogs in my home. Now I know this sounds like a lot. However, I want you to know that I also get compliments on how my house smells. The first thing people say is wow your house smells good. They truly are shocked. They all naturally assume my house will smell bad. Or they see my dogs and are shocked that I have dogs. (These are the rare few that come over or my emergency child-care and are unaware of the dogs until afterwards.)

Supplies:
Let’s talk about some basic supplies all dog owners should have.
•    You need to have poop bags to pick up waste not only for walks but also in your own backyard. Scented is nice but not necessary.
•    Baking Soda
•    Large Quantities of Salt to spread on accidents
•    Vinegar
•    Gloves
•    Grooming Tools (I prefer rubber brushes but a brush is absolutely necessary.)
•    Doggy cologne for emergency situations

Prevention:
Preventing dog odor is the best tool in your arsenal in dog odor removal. Brushing your dog everyday is the best thing you can do. I hear people give their dogs a bath once a week. I could not imagine doing this with four dogs. I give my dogs a bath twice a year and trust me they smell great. However, I brush them once a night and while watching TV. My rubber brush removes the dirt and keeps them smelling great. Then in emergencies after they have just gotten into something and someone is coming over, out comes the doggy cologne.

The other great prevention tool is the doggy bag. Nothing can funk up a house more than a backyard full of poop. Pick it up as they go or at least every day. Dogs get into and so do you. It reeks, so pick it up! You need the bag to prevent your house from smelling as well. Tie that sucker up tight.

Dog Odor Removal
When your dog does have an accident, you will need to remove it quick. House broken dogs won’t have accidents unless they are sick but they do get sick. Take sick dogs to the vet and clean up the mess.

Carpet:
After soaking as much up as you can with a towel, spread baking soda the spot and scrub it in to absorb more odors, and then vacuum. Spread salt liberally to soak up any remaining urine, let sit before vacuuming.

Hard Surface:
Check to make sure it does not discolor the surface first. Mix together three parts vinegar and one part water and scrub the surface to eliminate odor. Then liberally flush the area with water. You may want to with dish soap and water afterward to eliminate any vinegar smell.

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smelly????

Written by admin on February 25, 2010 – 9:36 pm -

if u eat spices 24/7 can they all mix together to sometimes form a fishy smell or sumthing that smells like raw onions coming from ur back or side of armpits?? jus wondering.. how could u get rid of it if it does happen….

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Bad Breath – Causes and Treatments

Written by admin on February 25, 2010 – 9:03 pm -

www.mybadbreathhomeremedies.com I suffered from bad breath for years until I found a website which taught some easy and effective remedies. I wanted to share this with others so my husband Jack helped me create this vid and set up a blog.

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How do you get smoke odor from meat out of your house?

Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 9:51 pm -

Stove was left on and house was filled with smoke and now the house smells of pungent smoke. How do I get the odor out?

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Smelly Feet – Blame The Bacteria

Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 9:42 pm -

There are two simple and straight forward reasons for having smelly feet one is the kind of shoe you wear and the other is the sweating of your feet. Sweating is an important process which helps to maintain our body temperature. It helps to remove waste products from our body, but sometime these smells become unbearable. Some individuals perspire more than the required amount to cool the body. This is known as Hyperhidrosis. Every foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands, so you can imagine why your foot smells so bad. The main reason for this kind of smell is because of the bacteria. As the bacteria feeds on the sweat it excretes waste in the form of malodorous odor. You can come across different feet smell due to the presence of various bacterial species. Some of the common smells are cheesy and trainer smell.

Self-Care Measures

• Maintain a good hygiene by bathing your feet daily with lukewarm water for the removal of bacteria.

• To avoid such kind of smell wash your feet with anti-bacterial soap

• Wear clean and dry socks and change them daily

• Always wear cotton socks which absorbs the sweat more generously

• Do not wear the same shoe everyday. Give your shoe at least a 24-hour breather to remove that smell.

• To replace the odor you can place in your shoe odor-eater-type of shoe inserts

• Apply antiperspirant on your feet

Home Remedies for Smelly Feet

• Before wearing your shoes, you can dust your feet with baby powder to minimize sweating

• Chronic foot odor can be dealt by soaking your feet in strong black tea for 30 minutes a day for a week. The tannic acid present in the tea kills the bacteria and closes the pores to keep your feet dry for a longer period.

• Soak your feet in black tea made with two teabags for per pint of water. Once soaked for 15 minutes, alternately soak in a solution of one part vinegar and two parts water.

• In two quarts of warm water mix two tablespoons of Epsom salt to have clean and clear feet which also keeps your feet dry.

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.

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What causes some people to sweat more than others?

Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 9:42 pm -

I am very athletic and in fairly good shape. I’m 6’0 168 lbs. I exercise outside 2 hours minimum everyday. I am a high school senior and i have always sweat more than everyone else in my Physed class. By the end of class, my entire shirt is soaked in sweat but my peers will sweat only a little bit. My dad also sweats with minimal activity. Is this genitic or just my body type?

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Bad Breath

Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 9:42 pm -

Causes of bad breath ?

Bad breath is a common health problem which greately affects the daytoday activities of somany people. The offenssive odor from the mouth is unpleasent to those who come in close contact with bad breathers. The problem will be doubled by psychological trauma leading to depression. The sufferers from this problem wil be isolated from the society. This can even lead to marital disharmony.

Literally speaking all humanbeings are badbreathres. Oral cavity contains millions of anaerobic bacteria like fusobacterium and actinomyces which acts on the protein of food materials and putrifies them. This process results in the formation of offenssive gases like hydrogen sulphide,methyl mescaptan,cadaverin,skatol,putrescine ect causing bad odor. If oral hygiene is not maintained properly all will suffer from bad breath. Most of us control this by regular brushing,tongue cleaning and gargling. Even after maintining cleanliness in the mouth some individuals suffer from offenssive smell due to various causes which has to be diagnosed and treated properly.

Some common causes of bad breath.

1) Poor oral hygiene:

If oral hygiene is not maintained properly the mouth becomes the seat for millions of bacteria which produce offenssive gases by degrading the food debris. Bad breath is severe in those who do not brush their teeth regularly and clean their mouth after every food. Snacks taken inbetween meals can also produce bad breath because of improper cleaning.

Badbreath is common in almost all people in the morning on waking. During sleep there is less production of saliva .Saliva has got some antibacterial properties which help to keep the mouth clean. Saliva conains oxygen molecules which is needed to make oral cavity aerobic. So the reduction in it’s quantity during sleep makes a favourable condition for anaerobic bacteria.

2) Food habits:

The main cause of bad smell is due to degradation of protein by the bacteria and hence all food products rich in protein favours bad breath. Meat,fish,milk products, eggs,cakes,nuts,pear and ect can cause bad breath. Some food articles can produce particular type of smell which may be unpleasent. Raw onion can produce typical bad smell. It is said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away,a raw onion a day keeps everybody away. Eating groundnuts can also produce bad smell. However if proper cleaning is done smell can be reduced irrespective of the nature of food. Irregularity in timing of food can also produce bad breath. Small food articles taken in between the meals can also produce bad smell.

3) Biofilm:

There is formation of a thin sticky coating called biofilm on the tongue and oral mucosa. This coating is thick on the posterior aspect of the tongue where millions of gram negative bacteriae are seen .The thick coating on the tongue is always associated with badbreath. Even a thin biofilm can make anaerobic condition favourable for bacterial proliferation.

4) Dental caries:

This is a destructive process causing decalcification with distruction of enamel and dentine resulting in cavitisation of the tooth. These are produced mainly by the lactobacilli . Food particles are deposited inside these cavities and are putrified by the anaerobic bacteria producing bad smell. Normal brushing will not remove the food debris easily and hence they are putrified completely. Caries are common in schoolgoing children and in those who donot maintain proper oral hygiene .Calcium and vitamin deficiency can also predispose caries.

5) Gingivitis:

Gum is a mucus membrane with supporting connective tissue covering the tooth bearing borders of the jaw .The main function of gum is protection .Gingivitis is the inflammation of the gum .Due to various causes gum tissue get infected resulting in swelling,pain and discharge. If the condition become worse the infection spread towards peridontal area leading to continuous discharge called pyorrhoea. Some times the infection goes deep producing alveolar abscess with discharge of pus. Infection can even reach the bone causing osteomyelitis.All these conditions can produce offenssive smell.

6) Gum retraction:

When the gums retract from the teeth a gap is developed which will lodge food particles and cause bad breath.

7) Dental plaques and tartar deposits; Plaques and tartar is deposited mainly in the gaps between the teeth and gum. This will provide shelter for the food debris and bacteria causing bad breath.

Ulcerative lesions& coatings:

Almost all ulcerative lesions of the mouth are associated with bad breath. These lesions may be caused by bacteria,viruses,food allergies or due to autoimmune disorders. Apthous ulcer is the commonest amoung ulcerative lesions. Others are herpes,fungal infections,vincents angina,infectious mononucleosis,scarlet fever,diphtheria,drug reactions and ect. Cancerous ulcers produce severe bad breath. All fungal infections produce white coating(candidiasis). Leucoplakia is a white thick patch on the mucus membrane of the mouth & tongue. It is considered as a precancerous condition. Offenssive breath is associated with these conditions.

9) Diseases of the salivary glands:

Saliva is very useful to supply oxygen to all parts of the oral cavity. Even a thin film of coating called biofilm can provide an anaerobic condition in the mouth. Saliva can wet these layers and make an aerobic condition which is unfavourable for the bacteria .Any condition which reduces the production of saliva can increase bacterial activity. Some times the salivary duct is obstructed by stones or tumors.Cancer of the salivary gland is associated with offenssive odor. In suppurative parotitis purulant dischrge in to the mouth causes bad breath.

10) Tonsillitis:

Tonsils are a pair of lymphoid tissue situated in the lateral wall of oropharynx. Inflammation of the tonsil is called tonsillitis. Bad breath is seen in both acute and chronic tonsillitis. Quinsy or peritonsillar abscess can also produce bad breath.

11) Tonsillar plaques & tonsillar fluid:

If bad breath persists even after maintaining proper oral hygeine there is possibility of this condition. Serous fluid secreated from the folds of tonsil is very offenssive. Some patients complain that they hawk some cheesy materials from the throat;which are very offenssive in nature. These are formed inside the tonsillar crypts which contain thousands of bacteriae. In such conditions tonsillectomy gives noticiable relief from bad breath.

12) Pharyngitis& pharyngial abscess:

Pharynx is a fibromuscular tube which forms the upper part of the digestive & respiratory tract. Inflmmation of the pharynx is called pharyngitis, caused mainly by bacteria and viruses. Bad breath is present in pharyngitis along with other signs like cough and throat irritation. Abscesses in the wall of pharynx can also produce offenssive discharge of pus in to the throat.

13) Dentures:

Denture users may complain about bad smell due to lodgement of small food debris in between. Proper brushing may not be possible in denture users especially fixed dentures.

14) Tobacco:

Tobacco chewing is associated with bad breath. The smell of tobacco itself is unpleasent for others. Tobacco can irritate the mucus membrane and cause ulcers and coatings. Gingivitis and pyorrhoea are common in tobacco chewers. Tartar is deposited on the teeth mainly near the gums. Tobacco chewers get gastric acidity with eructations. All these causes offenssive smell.

15) Smoking:

Smokers always have bad smell. It can also produce lesions in the mouth & lungs causing bad breath.Smoking increases carbon dioxide in the oral cavity & reduces oxygen level,causing a favourable condition for bacteria. Smoking reduses appetite & thirst hence acid peptic disease is common in chain smokers.

16) Lesions in the nose & ear:

Bad breath is occasionally seen in sinusitis(infection of para nasal sinuses). In case of post nasal dripping bad breath is common due to the presence of protein in the discharges. These proteins are degraded by the bacteria. Infection in the middle ear with discharge of pus in to the throat through the eustachian tube(passage from middle ear to the throat)can also cause offenssive odor. Chronic rhinitis(infection of mucus membrane of nose) and forign bodies in the nose can also produce bad smell in the expired air.

17) Diabetes mellitus:

Mostly all diabetic patients suffer from bad breath. Coated tongue,ulcers &coatings in the mouth ,increased sugar level in tissues ect are responsible for bad breath.Bacterial growth in diabetic patient is very faster than non diabetic individuals.

18) Fevers:

Bad breath is common in almost all fevers. Even an acute fever can produce bad breath. Severe bad breath is seen in typhoid .Other infectious diseases like Tuberculosis , AIDS ect produce bad smell.

19) Fasting & dehydration:

Dry mouth favours bacterial activity. So any condition which produce dryness in the mouth makes the breath offenssive. Eventhough the food particles are known to produce bad breath, fasting can also produce the same. Production of saliva is also reduced during fasting. Chewing and swallowing also helps to keep the mouth clean.

20) Bedridden patients:

Bedridden patients suffer from offenssive breath due to thick coating on the tongue. water intake is also limited in these patients. Regurgitation of food aggravates the condition. Since they talk less aeration in the oral cavity is reduced which favours anaerobic bacteria to become active.

21) Diseases of stomach & esophagus:

Eructation of gas and food produce unpleasent smell. Abnormality in the function of lower sphincter can allow the food to regurgitate upwards causing bad breath. Bad breath is also common in gastritis,gastric ulcer and cancer of stomach.

22) Intestinal diseases:

Bad breath is common in patients suffering from ulcerative lesions of intestine like ulcerative collitis..Other diseases are malabsorption syndrome intestinal tuberculosis, peritonitis ect.

23) Diseases of lungs:

Lung diseases like pneumonia, lung abscess,chronic bronchitis,bronchiectasis,tuberculosis, lung cancer ect can produce bad odor during expiration.

24) Liver disorders:

Liver diseases like hepatitis, cirrhosis,can cause bad breath.Gall bladder diseases with vomiting also causes unpleasent odor.

25) Psychiatric patients:

Bad breath is common in psychotic patients due to poor hygiene,irregular food habits,less water intake and ect.

26) Somatisation disorder:

This is a psychiatric disorder charecterised by the presence of a physical symptom that suggest a medical illness .These patients come with physical complaints like pain,nausea difficult respiration, bad smell ect. This condition is diagnosed after detailed examination of the patient with all investigations.Since this is a psychiatric disorder it has to be managed with a psychological approach.

[ THE POINTS MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION. ANY PERSON HAVING BAD BREATH SHOULD CONSULT A QUALIFIED DOCTOR ]

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Simple Solution Cat Stain and Odor Remover, 32-Ounce

Written by admin on February 21, 2010 – 10:18 pm -

• Permanently and completely removes tough cat stains and odors
• Scientifically formulated to attack the odor itself
• Safe to use on carpets
• Safe to use around pets and children
• 32 ounce bottle

Product Description
Cat owners agree there is no odor quite as pungent as spray from an un-neutered male cat. At last there is a product scientifically formulated especially for all those tough feline odors and stains. Cat spray & urine stain & odor remover utilizes a revolutionary bacteria and enzyme technology that attacks the unique components found in cat spray, urine, feces, and vomit. This ready-to-use formula is the best on the market…. More >>

Simple Solution Cat Stain and Odor Remover, 32-Ounce

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